Obama taps Minnesotan for faith-based council

The White House on Monday released names of individuals appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships,  and one Minnesotan will help steer the direction of the White House on faith-based issues.

The Rev. Peg Chemberlin will join the council. She’s ran the Minnesota Council of Churches for 13 years and is currently the president-elect of the National Council of Churches. Chemberlin is a member of the clergy of the Moravian Church in America-North, and has included poverty as one of her top issues as a religious leader.

Another Minnesotan, former football coach Tony Dungy, is being considered for Obama’s faith-based council, but has been criticized for his statements about gay marriage.